Jehangir A. Sabavala -

Jehangir Sabavala Born 23 August 1922 - 2 September 2011 Mumbai, India.

Education 1953-54 The Academie Julian 1948-51 The Academie Julian & Academie Andre Lhote, Paris 1945-47 The Heatherly School of Art, London. 1957 The Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris 1942-44 Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai 1939-41 Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai> Selected Posthumous Shows 2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai 2012 'Through the Ages: South Asian Sculpture and Painting from Antiquity to Modernism', Aicon Gallery, New York 2012 'Sightings', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore 2011 'Masters Ltd: Limited Editions', Gallery Beyond, MumbaiSelected Solo Exhibitions 2008-09 'Ricorso', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai; Aicon Gallery, New York 2005-06 ‘Jehangir Sabavala: A Retrospective’, National Gallery of Modern Art , Mumbai and Delhi organized by Sakshi Gallery 2002 ‘Occasions of Light: Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala’, organized by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Shridharani Gallery, Delhi, Gallery Artsindia, New York 1998 ‘Recent Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala’, organized by Eminence Designs and Apparao Galleries(Chennai) at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1993 ‘Pilgrim, Exile, Sorcerer-Recent Paintings-Jehangir Sabavala’, organized by Gallery Arts Trust (Chennai) at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), Delhi 1988 ‘Exhibition of Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala’, organized by ITC, The Gallery, Chennai 1988 ‘Exhibition of Paintings by Jehangir Sabavala’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1983 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1980 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1976 ‘Jehangir Sabavala Paintings’ ‘73 to ‘75’, organized by Gallery Chemould at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai and Black Partridge Art Gallery, Delhi 1973 ‘Jehangir Sabavala Recent Paintings’, Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1972-73 Kunika- Chemould Art Centre, Delhi and Gallery Chemould, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1969 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai 1969 Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London and Edinburgh, Scotland 1966 ‘Recent Works of Jehangir Sabavala’, organized by Gallery Chemould, Mumbai at Coomarasawmy Hall, Mumbai; Kunika-Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi 1964 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai 1958 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1955 ‘Exhibition of Paintings-Jehangir Sabavala’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1951 ‘Jehangir Sabavala - Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings’, Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai 1958 Paris, France 1949 Monaco Selected Group Shows 2011 'Form and Formlessness', Art Alive Gallery, Gurgaon 2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon 2010-11 'Figure/Landscape: Part Two', Aicon Gallery, London 2010 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2010 'Figure/Landscape: Part One', Aicon Gallery, New York 2010 'The Modernists', RL Fine Arts, New York 2009 'Master Class', The Arts Trust, Mumbai 2009 'Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art', Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2005 ‘Trends and Techniques,- Water Color in India’, Galerie 88, Kolkata 2004 ‘The Search’, Mumbai 2004 The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai 2003 ‘Rain’, Galerie International and Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai 2001/03/04 ‘Ideas and Images’-III, V, VI, National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA),Mumbai 2001 ‘Palette 2001’, Palette Art Gallery, Delhi 2001 RPG Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA), Mumbai 2000 ‘Engendering Images of India’, Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai 2000 ‘Early Works’, Fine Art Company, Mumbai 2000 ‘Erotica’, Fine Art Company, Mumbai 2000 'The Millennium Show', Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2000 'Celebration of the Human Image', Gallery 42, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2000 'A Sorrowful Mystery', The Arts Trust, National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA),Mumbai 1999 'The World is Round and Time is Cyclical', Art Today, Delhi 1999 'Flashback – Flash forward', presented by RPG, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1999 'The Indian Fine Arts Society', Singapore 1998 'A Collector's Eye', The Jehangir Nicholson Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA),Mumbai 1998 'Indian Contemporary Art', presented by RPG and Bayer, Leverkusen and Monheim, Germany 1998 'Ruminations', Apparao Galleries, Mumbai 1998 'Spirit and Soul, Indian Painting Today', The Rotunda, Hong Kong 1997 'The Search', Apparao Galleries, Chennai, New York 1997 'Rare and Important Paintings', The Classic Source and Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 1997 'The Looking Glass Self', Gallery Lakeeran, Mumbai 1997 'Colours of Independence', presented by CIMA, Kolkata and the National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA), New Delhi 1997 '50 Years of Freedom of Expression', presented by RPG, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1997 'Image beyond Image', the Masanori Fukuoka Collection, National Gallery of Modern Art(NGMA), Mumbai 1997 '50 Years of Art in Mumbai: 1947-97', National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 1997 'The Searching Spirit', Singapor 1997 'HEART: The Intuitive Logic II', Mumbai 1996 'Chamatkara: Myth & Magic in Indian Art', Whiteleys Art Gallery, London 1996 'Urban Signals Shifting Images', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai, Kolkata 1995 'Indian Contemporary Art', Galeri Petronas, Kuala Lumpur 1995 'Art for CRY', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Rabindra Bhavan Art Gallery, Delhi 1994-95 'People for Animals Art Show', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi 1994 'Review 1930-1993', National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 1992 'Silver Jubilee', Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata 1992 'Masters of India Art Show', Art's Trust, Mumbai 1992 'Artists against Communalism', Mumbai 1992 'Pioneers to the New Generation', Arts Acre, Kolkata 1990 'Art Mosaic', Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi 1988 'Art for CRY', Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore 1982 'Modern Indian Paintings', Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 1981 'Indian Painting Today', Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 1979-81 Kala Yatra's Contemporary Indian Painting & Sculpture, Kuala Lumpur, Kochi, Kolkata 1979 'Asian Artists Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Tokyo 1975 Gallery Nasrudin, Boston 1975 'Contemporary Art from India', Washington 1975 'Contemporary Artists from Maharashtra', New Delhi 1972-73 '25 Years of Indian Art', New Delhi & Mumbai 1970 'Indian Painters', Tehran 1968 'Art Scene Today', Ahmedabad 1966 'Art Now in India', Ghent 1965 Liang Art Gallery, Newcastle- on-Tyne 1950 Salon National Independent, Paris 1948 Grand Prix de la Peinture de Monaco Participations 2011 'Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India', San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose 2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai 2010 'Roots', 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai 1996,2000,03 'The Harmony Show', Nehru Centre, Mumbai 1991 '7th Triennale India', New Delhi 1976 'Art Exhibition, the 25th Pugwash Conference', Chennai 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival, London 1964 Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition, Sydney 1954 Venice Biennale, Italy Honours and Awards 2005 Felicitation by the Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata 2004 Lalit Kala Ratna Award presented by the President of India 2003 The Maharashtra Rajya kala Pradarshan Kalakar Vibhag: Satkar 2002 The Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award, Mumbai 2001 All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society ‘Kala Ratna’, Delhi 2000 National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai 1993 Art Society of India, Citation 1977 ‘Padma Shri’, by President of India 1949 Grand Prix de la Peinture, Monaco